Lake Michigan College has announced the names of 720 students recognized for academic achievement during the 2022 Fall semester. 

National Geographic Live, National Geographic’s touring speaker series that brings to life the awe-inspiring and remarkable stories of National Geographic Explorers, and the Lake Michigan College Mendel Center in Benton Harbor present “Greenwood: A Century of Resilience” with archaeologist Dr. Alicia Odewale.

Aspiring songwriters and studio technicians will be in the spotlight during the New Music Concert presented by the Lake Michigan College Visual & Performing Arts Department at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 31.

The MLK Celebration Week 2023, a community-wide effort honoring the life and legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., marked the return of the MLK Celebration and Community Breakfast on Monday morning in Grand Upton Hall of Lake Michigan College’s Mendel Center.

The Economic Club of Southwestern Michigan Speaker Series, hosted by the Lake Michigan College Mendel Center in Benton Harbor, welcomes Wil Haygood, acclaimed biographer, Pulitzer finalist, award-winning author, and reporter at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19.

Mike Nadolski, who joined Lake Michigan College’s Mendel Center in October 2012 and serves as Executive Director, Mendel Center Operations and Director of The Economic Club of Southwestern Michigan Speaker Series, has announced his retirement from the college, effective Feb. 3.

The Lake Michigan College Board of Trustees unanimously voted to place a millage renewal proposal on the May 2 ballot during their meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 4.

The Lake Michigan College Visual & Performing Arts Department has announced its schedule of student and faculty performances for the Spring 2023 semester.

The MLK Celebration Week 2023 takes place Jan. 14-20 under the theme, "Keep Moving Forward," inspired by King's speech, "Keep Moving from This Mountain," delivered April 10, 1960, in an address at Spelman College in Atlanta.